some writings weren't published till after he died
some writings weren't very well recieved
Biography
David Hume was born on April 26, 1711 in Edinburgh. He spent most of his childhood at a place called Ninewells, his family's estate. In about 1723 he entered the University of Edinburgh. He returned to Ninewells three years later. Though his family believed that he should become a lawyer he had an aversion to everything non philisophical. In 1734 he entered a business house in Bristol. A few months later he decided that was unsuitable and set out for France. While there he visited Paris, Rheims, and finally settled in La Fleche. During his three years in France he wrote Treatise of Human Nature. In 1737 he went to London to be there for irs publication.
His book was not as big as a success as he had hoped so he retired to Ninewells and devoted his time to studying politics and economics. In 1741 the first volume of his book Essays, Moral and Political. It was such a success that the secod edition came out the very next year. In 1744 he tried to obtain the chair of moral philosophy at Edinburgh but failed. Later he took the post of secretary of General St. Clair. During the time he was with the general he was able to return to Scotland. While he was away in 1748 his Philosophical Essays was published it was later titled An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. In 1751 he tried and failed once again to get the chair of moral philosophy at Edinburgh. Instead he became a librarian. In the year 1757 he brought forth the Four Dissertations and The Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Adam Smith suggested that he start with Henry VII but instead he started with the period of James I. Eventhough he didn't want to leave his native country he took the position of the acting secretary of embasy in Paris in1763. In 1775 he was stricken with an eventually fatal disease. In foresight of his coming end Hume wrote an autobiography. In 1776 he visited a place called Bath that seemed to relieve his illness; however upon his return journey it just became worse than what it already was. Hardly more than a month later he died in Edinburgh on August 25, 1776.
Hume's Main Points
Views: Naturalism, Skepticism, Empiricism, Scottish Enlightenment, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion
Influenced by:Locke, Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Hutcheson, Newton, Cicero, Malebranche
Influenced:Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Arthur Schopenhauer, Auguste Comte, John Stuart Mill, Baron d'Holbach, Darwin, Thomas Huxley, William James, Bertrand Russell, Einstein, Karl Popper, Alfred Ayer, J. L. Mackie, Noam Chomsky, Simon Blackburn, Iain King
By: Eddie B.
Introduction
Biography
David Hume was born on April 26, 1711 in Edinburgh. He spent most of his childhood at a place called Ninewells, his family's estate. In about 1723 he entered the University of Edinburgh. He returned to Ninewells three years later. Though his family believed that he should become a lawyer he had an aversion to everything non philisophical. In 1734 he entered a business house in Bristol. A few months later he decided that was unsuitable and set out for France. While there he visited Paris, Rheims, and finally settled in La Fleche. During his three years in France he wrote Treatise of Human Nature. In 1737 he went to London to be there for irs publication.His book was not as big as a success as he had hoped so he retired to Ninewells and devoted his time to studying politics and economics. In 1741 the first volume of his book Essays, Moral and Political. It was such a success that the secod edition came out the very next year. In 1744 he tried to obtain the chair of moral philosophy at Edinburgh but failed. Later he took the post of secretary of General St. Clair. During the time he was with the general he was able to return to Scotland. While he was away in 1748 his Philosophical Essays was published it was later titled An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. In 1751 he tried and failed once again to get the chair of moral philosophy at Edinburgh. Instead he became a librarian. In the year 1757 he brought forth the Four Dissertations and The Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Adam Smith suggested that he start with Henry VII but instead he started with the period of James I. Eventhough he didn't want to leave his native country he took the position of the acting secretary of embasy in Paris in1763. In 1775 he was stricken with an eventually fatal disease. In foresight of his coming end Hume wrote an autobiography. In 1776 he visited a place called Bath that seemed to relieve his illness; however upon his return journey it just became worse than what it already was. Hardly more than a month later he died in Edinburgh on August 25, 1776.
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